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1Brain Trauma Foundation — The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) was founded in 1986 to develop research on traumatic brain injury (TBI). Since its formation the foundation s mission has expanded to improving the outcome of TBI patients nationwide through working to implement… …
2Brain tumor — Classification and external resources Brain metastasis in the right cerebral hemisphere from lung cancer shown on T1 weighted magnetic resonance imaging with intravenous contrast …
3Swelling of the knee — (colloquially known as water on the knee) occurs when excess fluid accumulates in or around the knee joint. There are many common causes for the swelling, including arthritis, injury to the ligaments or meniscus, or when fluid collects in the… …
4Brain fever — describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as fever. The inflammation of brain fever causes acute and chronic changes in the brain tissue, as well as causing mental, emotional, and… …
5Brain freeze — Brain freeze, primarily known as ice cream headache, but also cold headache, shakeache, frigid face, freezie, frozen brain syndrome, cold stimulus headache, or its given scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia (meaning nerve pain of the… …
6Brain — This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). A chimpanzee brain The brain is …
7brain — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ human ▪ left, right ▪ The left brain controls the right hand side of the body. BRAIN + NOUN ▪ cell …
8swelling — 1. An enlargement, e.g., a protuberance or tumor. 2. In embryology, a primordial elevation that develops into a fold, ridge, or prominence. albuminous s. SYN: cloudy s.. ary …
9brain edema — noun swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter • Syn: ↑cerebral edema • Hypernyms: ↑edema, ↑oedema, ↑hydrops, ↑dropsy …
10Traumatic brain injury — See also: Brain injury (disambiguation) Traumatic brain injury Classification and external resources …
